(JTA) — Israelis from humanitarian groups are in Jordan to assist Syrian refugees fleeing their country’s uprising.
Ayoob Kara, Israel’s deputy minister for the developoment of the Negev and Galilee, said Thursday that Israelis are assisting children and infants who have been injured in the Syrian military’s ongoing violent crackdown throughout Syria, The Jerusalem Post reported.
Kara said his bureau chief was working with representatives from Israeli humanitarian groups.
“They are in Jordan trying to help people who have been hurt in Syria,” he told The Jerusalem Post, confirming that the representatives to whom he was referring are Israeli citizens.
Kara told the French news agency AFP that the Israeli government was wary of being seen to aid the opposition groups fighting to overthrow the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
"If we are part of the conflict, it’s a danger for all the region, all the world," he said.
He said Israeli volunteer groups had been providing humanitarian aid in Turkey and Jordan for the past two months.
Kara is a Druze member of the Likud Party.
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